Pedal-pad.



F. J. MASON.

PEDAL PAD. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1913.

Patented May 9, 1916 I FRANK J. Mason, OF LOS ANGELES,

dATd AT I CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SCOTT E.

1 OFFICE.

ALLEN, 0]? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND ONE-HALF TO J. C. RICE,- OF SAN DIEGO,

CALIFORNIA.

. PEDAL-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed February 24, 1913. Serial No. 750,436.

To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, FRANK J. MAsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Pedal-Pad, of which the following is a specification.

This invention .relates to a pedal pad adapted to be attached to the pedal of an automobile or other pedal, to act as a cushion for the foot, and gi've the foot a secure grip on the pedal preventing it from slipping off.

The object of the invention is to provide a pedal 'of this character, which can be readily attached to the pedal, and which will prevent the foot from slipping. The form any shape to correspond with the shape of the pedal, and

in the drawings I have only shown two shapes, but it will be understood that the shape of the pedal may be of any desired form.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front portion of an automobile, the pedals of which are equipped with the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view in detail of the upper portion of a pedal equipped with the device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pedal pad in detail before being attaehech Fig. 4 is a section on line net-4v, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing another form.

1 designates the pad which is preferably of rubber and formed with cups or pockets 2 in its upper surface. As herein shown these cups are rectangular with beveled side walls to give the intervening walls proper strength, and the cupsact to give a secure grip for the foot. The cups are so arranged as to provide straight walls between them which extend longitudinally and. transversely of the pad. Metal bands 3 extend laterally and transversely through the base portion ofv the pad, being molded therein, and the ends of the bands project from the .strain on the pad,

pad and form means for attaching the pad tothe pedal 4 by bending them around the edge of the pedal, as clearly shown in Fig.

2. and indicated by dotted lines inFig. 4. By reason of the fact that the metal bands are molded in the pad and extend continuously, from edge to edge thereof, the pad may be readily bent either into convex or concave form in accordance with the varying contours of the pedals commonly useu in automobiles, and the like. The capacity for thus bending the'pad while at the same time preserving all of the advantages which follow from employing continuous strips of metal in'the pad, having projecting endsto be bent around the pedals, constitutes an 'important feature of the invention. These bands firmly hold the pad in place on the pedal and enable the pad to be attached in a moment. At points where there is great as for example in the center of the pad, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the strip 3 may be located directly under one of the walls formed by the recesses 2 which arrangement reinforces the padat such'point against such strain.

Fig. 5 shows another modified shape adapted for use with a correspondingly shaped pedal.

' \Vhat I claim is:

A pedal pad comprising a yieldable pad and relatively narrow bendable metal reinforcing and securing strips embedded per manently in and extending through said pad from edge to edge thereof and having their ends extending beyond the edges of the pad and adapted to be bent over a pedal.

in testimony whereof, I have heieunto set my hand at Los Angeles. California this 18th day of February 1913.

FRANK J. MasoN.

In presence of G. T. HacKLnv, MARTHA M. LANGn. 

